Kiwi soldiers are feeling the heatwave in Iraq.
LISTEN ABOVE:Â Suadad Al-Salahee speaks to the Mike Hosking Breakfast about the Middle East heat wave.
They're enduring temperatures of more than 70 degrees Celsius.
But as Alicia Burrow reports, the Defence Force says our troops are coping.
"An NZDF spokesperson told Newstalk ZB military personal are ending training at midday to avoid the heat."
"He said the current heatwave is certainly oppressive, but soldiers on the mission are well prepared for the environment they now find themselves in."
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